Persons with Mental Illnesses

The PREA implementation assistance included weekly emails to the site and a coaching call.

Cases responded to and closed during the reporting period July 1 - December 31, 2021, were 453

Discussed MOU with local sexual assault prevention and support agency and requirements for training and background checks. Discussed internal and certification PREA audits and findings. The PREA implementation assistance included several emails during the month and a coaching call.

Discussions centered on mitigating blind spots through upgraded camera systems at 2 adult male prisons. The PREA implementation assistance included emails during the month and a coaching call.

Discussed MOU with local sexual assault prevention and support agency and requirements for training and background checks. Discussed internal and certification PREA audits and findings. The PREA implementation assistance included several emails during the month and a coaching call.

One video call between the JDI coaches and WVDCR was held in January, and emails continued to be exchanged.
Utilizing monthly phone calls and occasional emails, the JDI coaches provided TA to WVDCR in its PREA implementation efforts. The coaches are offering feedback on a training for supervisors and a refresher training for staff, and assisting WVDCR in interpreting data obtained from staff/prisoner/resident surveys.

The LA Probation PREA team was fully engaged with the JDI coaches this grant period. The coaches were able to able to provide assistance by reviewing several trainings for LACPD. The coaches were also able to help facilitate meetings with medical and mental health partners and the PREA team at LACPD.
Additionally, JDI coaches provided sample documents and trainings to LACPD and provided edits to the trainings LACPD developed during this reporting period.

King County was fully engaged with the JDI coaches this reporting period and included both the main contact for the grant, Dawn Breen, and the facility Chief of Operations Lisa Hymes-Davis on calls. The coaches assisted with a review and edits of the staffing plan and of youth education. The coaches have been able to assist King County in the process of applying for a no cost extension as well as in reviewing their plans for staff and youth education.

The assigned coaches at TMG were changed during this review period. The new coach reported that it appears that the grantee maintained regular contact with TMG consultant, Wendy Leach during Q1 2021. Based on the new coaches' conversations with the grantee it seems that she stayed in contact with TMG consultant, Wendy Leach during the quarter. The new coach was not able to identify any PREA implementation assistance or outside TTA that was necessary.
The coach provided the agency with feedback on actions related to PREA standards 115.317 and 115.376 in June 2021.

TMG coaches provided direction to the grantee on filing a no-cost extension. There was a changed in coaches during this review period from TMG consultant, Shirley Moore-Smeal to Caleb Asbridge during this reporting period. It took most of the period to establish regular communication with Jim Reilly, but TMG and the grantee now have weekly coaching sessions established.